Rail-joint.



J. REBOLIGE.

' RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED JAN.3, 1912.

1,030,126. Patented June 18,1912.

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JOSEPH REIBOLIGE, OF DON ORA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH RnBoLren, a citizen of the United States,residing at Donor-a, in the county of \Vashington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints,of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a rail joint for releasablyconnecting rail ends.

To accomplish the desired result use is made of a spring-like grippingmember extended from one end of one of-the rail ends and adapted toextend into an opening in the other rail end, the said gripping memberbeing provided with looking lugs adapted to be received in recessesformed in the second rail end, a vertically extending opening beingprovided in the second rail end and terminating in the first mentionedopening for receiving therein a bar or other instrument adapted toengagethe inner end of the gripping member to move the same upwardly and forcethe locking lugs out of the recesses of the second mentioned rail end topermit of disengaging the respective rail ends.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views and in which" Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my device, the rail ends being in disconnected position,parts being broken away to disclose the underlying structure. Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view showing the rail ends in connected position.Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 33 in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the views, I provide a rail end 10 havinga gripping member 11 extended from one end thereof, the said grippingvmember being preferably formed of a spring-like material such as steeland provided with integral depending locking lugs 12, 13, the outermostlocking lug 13 being preferably larger than the inner locking lug 12. A.rail end 14 is pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 3, 1912.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Serial No. 669,200.

vided with a horizontally extending open ing 15 adapted to receivetherein the gripping member 11 and formed in the rail end 1 1 arerecesses 16, 17, the recess 17 being adapted to receive the locking lug13 and the recess 16 being adapted to receive the locking lug 12. Avertically extending opening 18 is provided in the rail end 14: andextends upwardly from the under side thereof, the said opening at theinner end terminating in the opening 15. Now assuming that the rail ends10 and 14 are in the position shown in Fig. 1, when it is desired toconnect the same the rail end 10 is moved toward the rail end 1 1 sothat the gripping member 11 will extend into the opening 15 and owing tothe spring-like action of the gripping member 11, the locking lugs 12,13 will project into the recesses 16, 17, thus locking the rail ends 10,141 as shown in Fig. 2. Now if it is desired to disengage the rail ends,a bar or other instrument is inserted in the opening 18 and movedvertically to engage the outer end of the gripping member 11 thus movingthe same upwardly to move the locking lugs 12, 13 out of the recesses16, 17 so that the rail end 10 can be disengaged from the rail end 14.In order to accomplish this operation the opening 15 is made ofsufficient diameter to permit of an upward swinging movement of theouter end of the gripping member so that the locking lug 13 will bemoved upwardly a greater distance than the locking lug 12 and for thisreason the locking lug 18 is preferably made larger than the locking lug12 as mentioned heretofore.

I claim 1- In a rail joint, the combination with a rail end providedwith a horizontally extending opening and a vertically extending openingterminating at the inner end of the horizontally extending opening, of asecond rail end, a spring-like horizontally extending gripping memberextended from an end of the said second rail end, and locking lugsformed on the said gripping memher with the outermost looking lug of ingadapted to extend across the said vertigreater length than the innermostlocking cally extending opening. 10' lug, the said gripping member beingadapt- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ed to extend into thementioned horizontal in presence of two witnesses. 5 opening of thefirst mentioned rail end with JOSEPH REBOLIGE.

the locking lugs depending in recesses Witnesses: formed in the firstmentioned rail end, the J. B. MARsToN, free end of the said grippingmember be- 0. G. FRAZIER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

